Bowman 48
Cutter · Fin With Rudder On Skeg · First built 1981
A 1981 cutter featuring a 31% ballast ratio and a skeg-hung rudder, designed for offshore stability and comfort
Designed by C. W. Paine Yacht Design Inc, built by Southern Boatbuilding Co.
- LOA
- Beam
- Draft (max)
- Displacement
- Ballast
- Hull type
- Fin With Rudder On Skeg
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Character
Where this design lands on the numbers a shopper trusts — read straight from her own ratios.
Her moderate displacement on a narrow beam gives 38 — a sea-kindly motion in a seaway.
1.75 — just under the 2.0 offshore line; her beam is modest for her weight.
274 — moderately heavy for her waterline, a balanced cruising weight.
16.2 — moderate power for her weight; steady, all-round performance.
31% of her weight is ballast — on the tender side; she'll heel readily and want a reef sooner.
Built heavy and sea-kindly — a boat made to cross oceans and forgive a rough night.
- Heavier than ~87% of boats her size on file
- Draws less than ~76% of boats her size on file
- Beamier than ~78% of boats her size on file
Compared with 1929 boats of the same type within a quarter of her length.
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